Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Polymeric Membranes for Gas and Vapour Separations

Provider

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Programme

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Call for proposals

FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2

Main participants

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Contest type

RP - Co-financing of EC programme

Contract ID

1088/2011-321

Project name in Czech

Nanocomposite and Nanostructured Polymeric Membranes for Gas and Vapour Separations

Annotation in Czech

The main scope of the DoubleNanoMem project is the development of nanostructured membranes based on the most appropriate combination of nanofillers with wll-defined size and porosity, disperzed in advanced high free volume polymers with inherent nanoporosity for application in specific gas and vapour separations. This approach is driven by the main requirement for successful replacement of traditional gas and vapour separations processes by membrane-based separations: a radical improvement of the permeability and selectivity compared to state-of-the-art commercially available membranes. The use of nanocomposite and nanostructured membrane materials is seen as one of the few approaches with the real potential to achieve this goal and in this respect several combinations of polymers and nanoparticles will be tested. Different types of nanoparticles will be used, which are all able or have the potential to create preferential channels for mass transport: both sinhgle wall and multi wall carbon nanotubes,zeolites, mesoporous silicas and cucurbituril derivatives. The idea is to create a scientific basis fot the combination of advanced polymers with suitable nanoparticles, compatible with the corresponding polymers, leading to membranes with unique separation properties. The principle targets of the project are: -development of membranes with tailored separation performance based on innovative materials -experimental characterization and developmnet of structure-performance relationships -modelling of transport phenomena and of the material's structure to rpovide a better scientific understanding of gas and vapour transport phenomena and separation processes -applied research in a select number of consolidated and emerging areas of gas separation and pervaporation, such as CO2 separation form flue gas, natural gas processing, biofuel production -demonstration of the practical applicability of the developed principles and dissemination of the main achievements.

R&D category

AP - Applied research

CEP classification - main branch

CI - Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering

CEP - secondary branch

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CEP - another secondary branch

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OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)

20401 - Chemical engineering (plants, products)<br>20402 - Chemical process engineering

Provider evaluation

U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)

Project results evaluation

Following the condition that the candidate of financial contribution was evaluated and afterwards selected by international provider in accordance with the rules of the program the Ministry of Education, Youth ans Sports does not realize the evaluation of project results. The project is evaluated only after its approval by an international provider.

Realization period - beginning

Jun 1, 2009

Realization period - end

May 31, 2012

Project status

U - Finished project

Latest support payment

Apr 18, 2012

Confidentiality

C - Předmět řešení projektu podléhá obchodnímu tajemství (§ 504 Občanského zákoníku), ale název projektu, cíle projektu a u ukončeného nebo zastaveného projektu zhodnocení výsledku řešení projektu (údaje P03, P04, P15, P19, P29, PN8) dodané do CEP, jsou upraveny tak, aby byly zveřejnitelné.

Data delivery code

CEP13-MSM-7E-U/01:1

Data delivery date

Jun 28, 2013

Total approved costs

2,129 thou. CZK

Public financial support

2,129 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

0 thou. CZK